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Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything so that he may do it no more.A hasty quarrel kindles fire,and urgent strife sheds blood.If you blow on a spark, it will glow;if you spit on it, it will be put out; and both come out of your mouth

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who can watch the watchmen?"No one is paying attention to your post reports"Why do posters that claim to have me blocked keep sending me pms and responding to my posts? That makes no sense.

If you will, you can become all flame.Extra caritatem nulla salus.In order to become whole, take the "I" out of "holiness". सर्वभूतहितἌνω σχῶμεν τὰς καρδίας"Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is." -- Mohandas GandhiY dduw bo'r diolch.

I swear to you I did nothing...NOTHING...to try to influence this survey in the direction that it took. I even answered the question on infallibility as invested in a single person and gave it high priority even though I don't think that is really what the Catholic Church teaches, but it seemed to be one of the major dividing lines, so I answered it as one might expect a Catholic to answer and here were my results....heh!!...

I swear to you I did nothing...NOTHING...to try to influence this survey in the direction that it took. I even answered the question on infallibility as invested in a single person and gave it high priority even though I don't think that is really what the Catholic Church teaches, but it seemed to be one of the major dividing lines, so I answered it as one might expect a Catholic to answer and here were my results....heh!!...

I swear to you I did nothing...NOTHING...to try to influence this survey in the direction that it took. I even answered the question on infallibility as invested in a single person and gave it high priority even though I don't think that is really what the Catholic Church teaches, but it seemed to be one of the major dividing lines, so I answered it as one might expect a Catholic to answer and here were my results....heh!!...

Orthodox, Lutheran, Roman Catholic. I was surprised in a number of ways, as I was raised in the Roman church, and never figured it would come out close to the Lutherans in this kind of a survey. Shows what I know, I suppose.

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He said he had a horrible houseI looked in it and learnt to shut my mouth

Orthodox, Lutheran, Roman Catholic. I was surprised in a number of ways, as I was raised in the Roman church, and never figured it would come out close to the Lutherans in this kind of a survey. Shows what I know, I suppose.

Original Confessional Lutheranism, from what I understand, was far closer to the Roman faith than modern Lutheranism appears to be. Perhaps the author was simply going on his/her understanding of Confessional Lutheranism.

Many Energies, 3 Persons, 2 Natures, 1 God, 1 Church, 1 Baptism, and 1 Cup. The Son begotten only from the Father, the Spirit proceeding only from the Father, Each glorifying the Other. The Son sends the Spirit, the Spirit Reveals the Son, the Father is seen in the Son. The Spirit spoke through the Prophets and Fathers and does so even today.

That's a shame, the prioritizing function is one of the intriguing elements of this quiz as to its accuracy. Btw, I disagreed on "Infallible authority in faith is invested in a single person (or few/many people)" and put it on highest priority, and "Roman Catholic" still came up almost equal to Eastern Orthodox.

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Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything so that he may do it no more.A hasty quarrel kindles fire,and urgent strife sheds blood.If you blow on a spark, it will glow;if you spit on it, it will be put out; and both come out of your mouth

My shocking results (And I have no idea which question lead to this):1. Eastern Orthodox2. Roman Catholic3. Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod4. Evangelical Lutheran Church5. International Church of Christ6. Mormonism7. Church of Christ8. Episcopal Anglican Church9. Methodist/Wesleyan Church 10. United Pentacostal ChurchETC.

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"For, by its immensity, the divine substance surpasses every form that our intellect reaches. Thus we are unable to apprehend it by knowing what it is. Yet we are able to have some knowledge of it by knowing what it is not." - St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa contra gentiles, I, 14.

I'm not surprised by the results; I think (a) the answers to most questions will separate Prot from RC/EO, (b) some questions where EO and RC do actually agree were probably stereotyped toward one (EO in this case), and (c) they didn't touch on nearly enough topics to discern between EO and RC.

I'm not surprised by the results; I think (a) the answers to most questions will separate Prot from RC/EO, (b) some questions where EO and RC do actually agree were probably stereotyped toward one (EO in this case), and (c) they didn't touch on nearly enough topics to discern between EO and RC.

Oh, as for results, Orthodox came up as #1 for me.

Makes sense. I looked through the questions and couldn't find one that would really distinguish between EO/RC.

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"For, by its immensity, the divine substance surpasses every form that our intellect reaches. Thus we are unable to apprehend it by knowing what it is. Yet we are able to have some knowledge of it by knowing what it is not." - St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa contra gentiles, I, 14.

The first time I took it, the test said I was slightly more Roman Catholic than Orthodox. I went back at the test and noticed I had not answered a question that was about the infallability of the pope. Once I answered that question, in Orthodox fashion, the quiz said I should be 1) Orthodox 2) Lutheran-Mo Synod 3) Roman Catholic. I never knew my Orthodoxy was suspect but I really wanted to be sure for some reason!

My shocking results (And I have no idea which question lead to this):1. Eastern Orthodox2. Roman Catholic3. Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod4. Evangelical Lutheran Church5. International Church of Christ6. Mormonism7. Church of Christ8. Episcopal Anglican Church9. Methodist/Wesleyan Church 10. United Pentacostal ChurchETC.

LOL. How different were the bars for # 1 and 2?

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Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything so that he may do it no more.A hasty quarrel kindles fire,and urgent strife sheds blood.If you blow on a spark, it will glow;if you spit on it, it will be put out; and both come out of your mouth

The first time I took it, the test said I was slightly more Roman Catholic than Orthodox. I went back at the test and noticed I had not answered a question that was about the infallability of the pope. Once I answered that question, in Orthodox fashion, the quiz said I should be 1) Orthodox 2) Lutheran-Mo Synod 3) Roman Catholic. I never knew my Orthodoxy was suspect but I really wanted to be sure for some reason!

I didn’t doubt your Orthodoxy, I was just wondering if your #2 leaned more to the RC or the Lutheran. I wonder which question exposed me as a partially repented Lutheran . . .

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I would be happy to agree with you, but then both of us would be wrong.

My shocking results (And I have no idea which question lead to this):1. Eastern Orthodox2. Roman Catholic3. Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod4. Evangelical Lutheran Church5. International Church of Christ6. Mormonism7. Church of Christ8. Episcopal Anglican Church9. Methodist/Wesleyan Church 10. United Pentacostal ChurchETC.

LOL. How different were the bars for # 1 and 2?

Extermely close. Now that I am looking back at it, they appear to be identical. Also, I reviewed the questions, and perhaps the one question that put me over as Eastern Orthodox was that I agreed that Infants can receive communion.

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"For, by its immensity, the divine substance surpasses every form that our intellect reaches. Thus we are unable to apprehend it by knowing what it is. Yet we are able to have some knowledge of it by knowing what it is not." - St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa contra gentiles, I, 14.

My scores were almost equal between EO, Lutheran Missouri Synod and RCC. What surprised me is that RC was in third place with the Lutherans slightly ahead in #2. (I haven't figured out the % figurse). Out of curiosity, I looked up the MS and it turns out they are theologically conservative (sole scriptura through the lens of the Book of Concord), with closed communion cup except for those who adhere to their theology, anti-ecumenist outlook etc... they aren't even in communion with many of the other Lutheran churches in America. They suspended a pastor for praying with heretics at an ecumenical 9/11 prayer service in which +Demetrios offered a blessing.